Moonblast

Moonblast ({{{kanji}}} {{{romaji}}})
Introduced:	Generation VI
Battle Data
Type:
Category:
Power:	95
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	15
Priority:	0
Contact:	No
Affected by
Bright Powder:	Yes
Detect/Protect:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes
Magic Bounce:	No
Magic Coat:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Contest Data
Contest Spectaculars
Condition:	Beautiful
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	4 ♥♥♥♥
Badly startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

Moonblast (Japanese: ムーンフォース, Hepburn: Moon Force) is a Fairy-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Description

Games	Description
XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSP SV	Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target. This may also lower the target's Sp. Atk stat.
LA	Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target. This may also lower the target’s offensive stats.

Effect

Moonblast deals damage and has a 30% chance to lower the target's Special Attack by 1 stage.

In a Double Battle, Moonblast can target any Pokémon that is adjacent to the user.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Clefairy	fairy	Fairy	46	46SMUSUM 28PE	44SwShBDSP 37LA
	Clefable	fairy	Fairy			1SwShBDSP 37LA
	Oddish	grass/poison	Grass	43ORAS	43SMUSUM 30PE	28
	Gloom	grass/poison	Grass		45PE	32
	Vileplume	grass/poison	Grass			1
	Muk	poison	Amorphous		1PE
	Muk	poison/dark	Amorphous		1PE
	Hoothoot	normal/flying	Flying		40	33
	Noctowl	normal/flying	Flying		47	43
	Cleffa	fairy	Undiscovered			37LA
	Togepi	fairy	Undiscovered			43LA
	Togetic	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy			43LA
	Bellossom	grass	Grass			1
	Gardevoir	psychic/fairy	Human-Like/Amorphous	1, 85XY 1, 62ORAS	1, 62	1SwShBDSP 43LA	49
	Swablu	normal/flying	Flying/Dragon	50XY 46ORAS	46	40	40
	Altaria	dragon/flying	Flying/Dragon	60XY 52ORAS	52	44	44
	Lunatone	rock/psychic	Mineral	50XY 1ORAS	1	1
	Togekiss	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy			43LA
	Cresselia	psychic	Undiscovered	99	99	60SwShBDSP 46LA	60
	Phione	water	Water 1/Fairy			43LA
	Manaphy	water	Water 1/Fairy			43LA
	Munna	psychic	Field			40
	Musharna	psychic	Field			1
	Whimsicott	grass/fairy	Grass/Fairy	50	50	1
	Flabébé	fairy	Fairy	41	41		41
	Floette	fairy	Fairy	46	46		46
	Floette	fairy	Undiscovered	46	46
	Florges	fairy	Fairy	1	1		5
	Spritzee	fairy	Fairy	31	31	36
	Aromatisse	fairy	Fairy	31	31	36
	Sylveon	fairy	Field	37	37	50SwSh	50
	Carbink	rock/fairy	Fairy/Mineral	50	50	55	55
	Gourgeist	ghost/grass	Amorphous			1
	Xerneas	fairy	Undiscovered	35	35	60
	Diancie	rock/fairy	Undiscovered	50	50	77	77
	Popplio	water	Water 1/Field		36	33
	Brionne	water	Water 1/Field		42	45
	Primarina	water/fairy	Water 1/Field		44	51
	Morelull	grass/fairy	Grass		39	40
	Shiinotic	grass/fairy	Grass		44	50
	Tapu Lele	psychic/fairy	Undiscovered		58	60
	Tapu Fini	water/fairy	Undiscovered		1	60
	Lunala	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered		47	56
	Zacian	fairy	Undiscovered			66	66
	Zamazenta	fighting	Undiscovered			66	66
	Enamorus	fairy/flying	Undiscovered			47LA	65
	Flutter Mane	ghost/fairy	Undiscovered				84
	Iron Valiant	fairy/fighting	Undiscovered				56
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

Pokémon		Type	Egg Group(s)
	Vulpix		Field
	Cutiefly		Bug & Fairy
Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation VI

Pokémon				Type	Obtained
			Gardevoir	psychic/fairy	Kimia's Gardevoir
			Jirachi	steel/psychic	2014 Tanabata Jirachi
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Gallery

• Games
• Anime

Main games

Moonblast depicted in Generation VII

Moonblast depicted in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!

Moonblast depicted in Generation VIII

Main series

Used by Diantha's Gardevoir (anime).

Used by Diantha's Mega Gardevoir.

Used by Florges (anime).

Used by Valerie's Spritzee.

Used by Shauna's Flabébé.

Used by Lusamine's Clefable.

Used by Lunala (anime).

Used by Team Rocket's Lunatone.

Used by Diantha's Mega Gardevoir.